The WhatsApp message, the deal, the pressure and perks: The tell all on Ka Ying Rising

October 16, 2026 — 11:30am If we are being honest, Ka Ying Rising’s first unofficial jump-out, in rural New Zealand just before Christmas, 2022, was hardly anything to get excited about. To the untrained eye, there was little indication the two-year-old bay would go on to become the fastest horse on the planet, an international racing rock star, a winner of $30 million in prizemoney – and the raging favourite for Saturday’s Everest at Royal Randwick. The track at Levin had seen better days, and the cows now living on the inside of the course almost outnumbered the locals as a youthful Ka Ying Rising went for a spin against four rivals. On this gloomy morning, in the deep south of the north island, Ka Ying Rising was slow out of the gates. But local jockey Madan Singh, seen in the video wearing a black and an orange cap, got the gelding’s mind on the job down the back straight before they coasted to victory. The 600m heats were designed to help educate horses before they progressed to barrier trials. Ka Ying Rising had plenty to learn, and ran with a “daisy-cutter” action, where the front feet barely come off
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